DIMENSIONS OF DIALOGUE
Symposium
Jan Švankmajer is considered one of the most influential post-war animation filmmakers, and his admirers include the artists Peter Gabriel, Terry Gilliam or the Brothers Quay. Although continuously productive for almost 50 fifty years now, Švankmajer seldom appears in public. He views himself as a surrealist. His masterpiece of 1982 might more aptly be titled “Three Dialogues that Fail to Take Place”, since the parties involved make no effort to converse but immediately come to blows without a word being said. The mixture of dough figures and material animation deployed in the film has often been copied but has yet to be matched.
MOŽNOSTI DIALOGU / MÖGLICHKEITEN DES DIALOGS
CSK 1982 / 11 min
Director: Jan Švankmajer
- Screenplay: Jan Švankmajer
- Cinematographer: Vladimír Malík
- Production Company: Krátký Film Praha - Prag
Jan Švankmajer is considered one of the most influential post-war animation filmmakers, and his admirers include the artists Peter Gabriel, Terry Gilliam or the Brothers Quay. Although continuously productive for almost 50 fifty years now, Švankmajer seldom appears in public. He views himself as a surrealist. His masterpiece of 1982 might more aptly be titled “Three Dialogues that Fail to Take Place”, since the parties involved make no effort to converse but immediately come to blows without a word being said. The mixture of dough figures and material animation deployed in the film has often been copied but has yet to be matched.
- Screenplay: Jan Švankmajer
- Cinematographer: Vladimír Malík
- Production Company: Krátký Film Praha - Prag